Opportunity ID: 350889

General Information

  • Document Type: Grants Notice
  • Funding Opportunity Number: LBN-PDS-FY24-AFCP
  • Funding Opportunity Title: Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) – Lebanon
  • Opportunity Category: Discretionary
  • Funding Instrument Type: Grant
  • Category of Funding Activity: Arts (see “Cultural Affairs” in CFDA)
  • Expected Number of Awards: 1
  • CFDA Number(s): 19.025 — U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation
  • Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
  • Version: Synopsis 1
  • Posted Date: Nov 07, 2023
  • Last Updated Date: Nov 07, 2023
  • Original Closing Date for Applications: Apr 25, 2024 Close date of round one is January 2, 2024. Close date of round two is April 25, 2024.
  • Current Closing Date for Applications: Apr 25, 2024 Close date of round one is January 2, 2024. Close date of round two is April 25, 2024.
  • Archive Date: May 25, 2024
  • Estimated Total Program Funding: $ 500,000
  • Award Ceiling: $500,000
  • Award Floor: $10,000

Eligibility

  • Eligible Applicants: Private institutions of higher education, City or township governments, State governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

Additional Information

Agency Name: U.S. Mission to Lebanon
Description: The U.S. Department of State established the AFCP in 2001 at the request of Congress in Conference Report 106-1005 accompanying H.R. 4942 (October 26, 2000). The Senate report on this bill noted that the preservation of cultural heritage “offers an opportunity to show a different American face to other countries, one that is non-commercial, non-political, and non-military.”

The AFCP Grants Program supports the preservation of archaeological sites, historic buildings and monuments, museum collections, and forms of traditional cultural expression, such as indigenous languages and crafts. Appropriate project activities may include:

  • Anastylosis (reassembling a site from its original parts);
  • Conservation (addressing damage or deterioration to an object or site);
  • Consolidation (connecting or reconnecting elements of an object or site);
  • Documentation (recording in analog or digital format the condition and salient features of an object, site, or tradition)
  • Inventory (listing of objects, sites, or traditions by location, feature, age, or other unifying characteristic or state);
  • Preventive Conservation (addressing conditions that threaten or damage a site, object, collection, or tradition);
  • Restoration (replacing missing elements to recreate the original appearance of an object or site, usually appropriate only with fine arts, decorative arts, and historic buildings);
  • Stabilization (reducing the physical disturbance of an object or site).

Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Public Diplomacy Section
U.S. Embassy, Beirut
For inquiries, please contact: [Email Address]

AFCP NOFO – Lebanon 2024